Consequent
upon grant of another instalment of Dearness Allowance with effect from 1st
January,2018 to the Central Government Employees vide Government of India,
Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure's O.M. No. 1/1/2OL8-E-II (B)
dated 15.03.2018, duly endorsed vide this Department's letters No. 8-1/2016-PAP
dated 19.03.2018 and Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure OM
No.1/3/2008-E.ll(B) dated 28.03.2018, the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) have also
become entitled to the payment of Dearness Allowances on basic TRCA at the same
rates as applicable to Central Government Employees with effect from
01.01.2018. lt has, therefore, been decided that the Dearness Allowance payable
to the Gramin Dak Sevaks shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 139% to
!42% on the basic Time Related Continuity Allowance, with effect from the 1st
January, 2018.

2. The
Dearness Allowance payable under this order shall be paid in cash to all Gramin
Dak Sevaks.

3. The expenditure on this account shall be debited to
the Head "Salaries" under the relevant head of account and should be
met from the sanctioned grant.

4. This issues
with the concurrence of Integrated Finance Wing vide their Diary No 05 /A/2018/CS
dated 24.04.2018.

Subject: Common mistakes by PAOs in processing of
Revision of Pension under

7th
CPC .

7th CPC Pension Revision cases are to be settled in a
time bound manner. This office is receiving more than 3000 pension revision
cases on daily basis. However, it has been observed that about 5 to 10 percent
cases are returned by this office to PAOS due to Various discrepancies. The
reasons to return are indicated by this office in each case. To facilitate the
PAOs, a list of common mistakes made by PAOs has been prepared and enclosed
herewith at Annexure-A.

In view of above all the PAOs are requested to
ensure that 7th CPC revision cases are sent correctly to CPAO to speed up the
processing of the same in a time bound manner.Encl: As above

Saturday, April 21, 2018

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
has been established by the Government of India for regulation and development
of Pension Sector in order to protect the old age income security of
subscribers. PFRDA takes various initiatives from time to time in order to
simplify and improve the operational issues in National Pension System (NPS)
like new functionality development under NPS architecture, simplification of
account opening, withdrawal, grievance management etc. In this regard, it has been decided by the Authority to
make bank account details and mobile no. mandatory to provide ease of operation
for the benefit of subscribers and make the process of Exit from NPS hassle
free.

Further, in compliance with the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act guidelines issued by the Government of India, Foreign Account
Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Central Registry of Securitization Asset
Reconstruction and Security Interest (CERSAI) have been made mandatory for new
as well as existing subscribers. These have been made mandatory in the new
Common Subscriber Registration Form (CSRF) forms that are required to be filled
in by the new subscribers. The existing subscribers have been provided the
facility to submit online FATCA Self-Certification in their login (www.cra-nsdl.com or https://enps.karvy.com/Login/Login ).
The information regarding the said functionality is also made available on
Central Record-keeping Agency (CRA) websites. The steps to be followed by the
subscriber to submit online FATCA self-certification are also mentioned on the
website.

It is to be ensured by the subscribers to fill the
mandatory fields correctly and not leave them blank in order to avoid rejection
of their forms.